Heidi Hamm
@heidihamm.bsky.social
Inspired by GPCRs, pharmacology, neuromodulation
Professor, Vanderbilt Pharmacology
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/hamm-lab/
Professor, Vanderbilt Pharmacology
medschool.vanderbilt.edu/hamm-lab/
What a great idea! Original and genius! It's important to participate in as many ways as possible. Together we can accomplish much more than we know!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Symbolic ‘science fair’ showcases research cut by Trump team
Democrats hosted a protest event featuring ‘things we’ll never know’ because of the US government’s cuts to science.
www.nature.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
What a great idea! Original and genius! It's important to participate in as many ways as possible. Together we can accomplish much more than we know!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Same with Vanderbilt in TN, affected by NIH grant cancellations. A lot of the state relies on their medical facilities/staff.
April 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Same with Vanderbilt in TN, affected by NIH grant cancellations. A lot of the state relies on their medical facilities/staff.
So many NIH staff are being laid off and so much funding for NIH research is being withheld or cancelled
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/h...
‘Chaos and Confusion’ at the N.I.H., the Crown Jewel of American Science
Senior scientists at the National Institutes of Health fear that research on conditions like obesity, heart disease and cancer will be undermined by President Trump’s policies.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
So many NIH staff are being laid off and so much funding for NIH research is being withheld or cancelled
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/h...
NIH research continues to be gutted, and we are losing the next generation of scientists. When this is finished, it will be difficult to pick up the pieces and still have the NIH as the jewel of basic research in the whole world.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
NIH research continues to be gutted, and we are losing the next generation of scientists. When this is finished, it will be difficult to pick up the pieces and still have the NIH as the jewel of basic research in the whole world.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
My lab at the Nashville Stand Up for Science demonstration. We, as well as many other scientists at Vanderbilt and many institutions around the country are having to consider laying off lab members and slow down the progress of our research on Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
March 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
My lab at the Nashville Stand Up for Science demonstration. We, as well as many other scientists at Vanderbilt and many institutions around the country are having to consider laying off lab members and slow down the progress of our research on Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
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While the current administration slaps tariffs down as a way to "combat fentanyl" from entering the US, the Musker is cancelling funding at the NIH for cancer research. It should be noted that 87,000 people died from fentanyl in 2024 vs 611,000 from cancer....🤬
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
While the current administration slaps tariffs down as a way to "combat fentanyl" from entering the US, the Musker is cancelling funding at the NIH for cancer research. It should be noted that 87,000 people died from fentanyl in 2024 vs 611,000 from cancer....🤬
www.science.org/content/blog...
"the CIA has apparently sent a buyout offer to its entire workforce in what looks like an attempt to gut the agency. And the entire Department of Education is said to be targeted for attempted abolishment by Executive Order.
"the CIA has apparently sent a buyout offer to its entire workforce in what looks like an attempt to gut the agency. And the entire Department of Education is said to be targeted for attempted abolishment by Executive Order.
Revised and Extended: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
www.science.org
February 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
www.science.org/content/blog...
"the CIA has apparently sent a buyout offer to its entire workforce in what looks like an attempt to gut the agency. And the entire Department of Education is said to be targeted for attempted abolishment by Executive Order.
"the CIA has apparently sent a buyout offer to its entire workforce in what looks like an attempt to gut the agency. And the entire Department of Education is said to be targeted for attempted abolishment by Executive Order.
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Article I says Congress makes laws and has power of the purse.
Article II requires POTUS to faithfully execute laws.
Refusing to execute laws so he can usurp Congress’s budgetary authority is unconstitutional.
A self-respecting Congress would do a veto-proof resolution, and if necessary, impeach.
Article II requires POTUS to faithfully execute laws.
Refusing to execute laws so he can usurp Congress’s budgetary authority is unconstitutional.
A self-respecting Congress would do a veto-proof resolution, and if necessary, impeach.
January 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Article I says Congress makes laws and has power of the purse.
Article II requires POTUS to faithfully execute laws.
Refusing to execute laws so he can usurp Congress’s budgetary authority is unconstitutional.
A self-respecting Congress would do a veto-proof resolution, and if necessary, impeach.
Article II requires POTUS to faithfully execute laws.
Refusing to execute laws so he can usurp Congress’s budgetary authority is unconstitutional.
A self-respecting Congress would do a veto-proof resolution, and if necessary, impeach.
So pushback works. Much of the funding from the Inflation Reduction Act is being spent in Republican states. So I assume lots of people contacted him.
So let's contact our congresspeople!
bsky.app/profile/ener...
Days after Trump issued an executive order to withhold critical infrastructure and climate investments, his office is backtracking.
The White House “clarification” is far from comforting...(1/2)
The White House “clarification” is far from comforting...(1/2)
![Photo of The Hill newspaper logo with headline "White House budget office narrows scope of executive order restricting IRA funds"
by Zack Budryk - 01/22/25 2:49 PM ET
Photo of Donald Trump
"The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued new guidance Wednesday clarifying limits to the disbursement of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds ordered by President Trump on Monday.
In one of a flurry of Inauguration Day executive orders, Trump directed federal agencies to “immediately pause the disbursement of funds” from both the IRA and the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
A full halt to the disbursement could imperil billions of dollars, including to projects in red states and districts. The order drew immediate pushback from Democratic lawmakers such as House Energy and Commerce Committee ranking member Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) who denounced the move as illegal and “cost[ing] countless Americans their jobs.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jv7ohxwdmpvcycuewje4q7pq/bafkreicbqshcgvfeh22fx4e53mqibr33ubuonw5z7tthyqc5nihhnuftau@jpeg)
![Photo of a White House Memorandum to the Heads of Departments and Agencies with text:
"January 21, 2025
M-25-11
MEMORANDUM TO THE HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
FROM: Matthew J. Vaeth, Acting Director, Office of Management and Budget
Kevin Hassett, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council
SUBJECT: Guidance Regarding Section 7 of the Executive Order Unleashing American Energy
The directive in section 7 of the Executive Order entitled Unleashing American Energy requires agencies to immediately pause disbursement of funds appropriated under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-169) or the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58). This pause only applies to funds supporting programs, projects, or activities that may be implicated by the policy established in Section 2 of the order. This interpretation is consistent with section 7’s heading (“Terminating the Green New Deal”) and its reference to the “law and the policy outlined in section 2 of th[e] order.”
For the purposes of implementing section 7 of the Order, funds supporting the “Green New Deal” refer to any appropriations for objectives that contravene the policies established in section 2. Agency heads may disburse funds as they deem necessary after consulting with the Office of Management and Budget."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jv7ohxwdmpvcycuewje4q7pq/bafkreiejfuerypkxopgxbm6egmvaadfgxbktmrdjryl3itgoe5fymzzwce@jpeg)
January 28, 2025 at 5:15 AM
So pushback works. Much of the funding from the Inflation Reduction Act is being spent in Republican states. So I assume lots of people contacted him.
So let's contact our congresspeople!
bsky.app/profile/ener...
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I called my Congressional rep about this. Even though I'm in a blue district, I urged higher priority on it in the name of public health.
Per an NIH source:
“Discussions with colleagues have suggested that if the universities all come together and raise hell about the delays to funding caused by not holding meetings, that might move the needle. From every state. There are well-funded universities in red states that will be impacted.”
“Discussions with colleagues have suggested that if the universities all come together and raise hell about the delays to funding caused by not holding meetings, that might move the needle. From every state. There are well-funded universities in red states that will be impacted.”
January 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I called my Congressional rep about this. Even though I'm in a blue district, I urged higher priority on it in the name of public health.
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Yes, and Dems on the Hill should be lighting this up.
The Q for every member of Congress, above all, is what exactly they plan to do to defend the existence of an independent legislative branch. I believe the courts will eventually act, perhaps sooner than later. In the meantime, I might just put Schoolhouse Rock on repeat outside Grassley's door. /end
January 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, and Dems on the Hill should be lighting this up.
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As this "pause" hits you and your project, institution, workplace, etc:
TELL SOMEONE ABOUT IT.
Contact your MoC, esp if they're a Dem. Contact a relevant advocacy group. Contact the press, local, regional, movement, trade - and not just for an LtE, for a story.
Tell real life stories of harm.
TELL SOMEONE ABOUT IT.
Contact your MoC, esp if they're a Dem. Contact a relevant advocacy group. Contact the press, local, regional, movement, trade - and not just for an LtE, for a story.
Tell real life stories of harm.
January 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
As this "pause" hits you and your project, institution, workplace, etc:
TELL SOMEONE ABOUT IT.
Contact your MoC, esp if they're a Dem. Contact a relevant advocacy group. Contact the press, local, regional, movement, trade - and not just for an LtE, for a story.
Tell real life stories of harm.
TELL SOMEONE ABOUT IT.
Contact your MoC, esp if they're a Dem. Contact a relevant advocacy group. Contact the press, local, regional, movement, trade - and not just for an LtE, for a story.
Tell real life stories of harm.
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This is the ethos of project 2025, dismantling the federal government by any means necessary
by freezing all federal grants, trump is fundamentally transforming the relationship between the executive and congress. he is asserting dictatorial authority over federal spending, transforming congress's lawmaking powers into advisory authority. it is a constitutional crisis
January 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This is the ethos of project 2025, dismantling the federal government by any means necessary
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To play this out, there will be literally dozens of lawsuits challenging what OMB is doing on the ground that it violates the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Trump’s DOJ will argue that the Act is unconstitutional. And this will quickly get to #SCOTUS, where it will be the biggest case of the term.
January 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
To play this out, there will be literally dozens of lawsuits challenging what OMB is doing on the ground that it violates the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Trump’s DOJ will argue that the Act is unconstitutional. And this will quickly get to #SCOTUS, where it will be the biggest case of the term.
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